US EditionTanzania's main opposition rejects Hassan's election win after deadly protests
- On November 2, 2025, President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner with 97.66% of the vote, but Chadema rejected the NEC result as fabricated.
- After pre-election restrictions limited competition, Chadema was barred for refusing to sign the code and leader Tundu Lissu jailed; the EAC said the environment limited opposition participation.
- Rights monitors reported curfews and internet limits since Wednesday, while witnesses said security forces fired tear gas and gunfire, disrupting international flights and Dar es Salaam port operations.
- In Dodoma, Hassan accepted the winner's certificate and condemned protesters as neither responsible nor patriotic, pledging to use all security avenues while army chief Jacob Mkunda backed her and called protesters criminals.
- The EU said it was deeply concerned by the violence, internet shutdown, and electoral irregularities, while United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged restraint to prevent escalation.
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At the age of 65, the former minister who had climbed as discreet as he was fulcruming just imposed his election victory on Saturday, with almost 98% of the vote, in a country in the midst of an insurrectional crisis.
The outgoing head of state Samia Suluhu Hassan was proclaimed presidential winner in Tanzania on Saturday with nearly 98% of the vote, after three days of electoral violence that resulted in hundreds of deaths according to the opposition, which calls the election "parody of democracy". ...
Tanzania's main opposition rejects Hassan's election win after deadly protests
Tanzania's main opposition party rejected President Samia Suluhu Hassan's landslide victory in elections that triggered deadly protests across the East African nation over the exclusion of her key challengers from the fray.
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